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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-9-9
pubmed:abstractText
The use of agarose gel reference standards for quantifying petrophysical properties in porous media is described. The specific interest is to determine the values of fluid saturations and porosity in oil bearing rocks; the MRI methodology for estimating these properties is discussed. It is shown that the relaxation times of the gel reference standard and the relaxation times of the fluid contained in the porous media affect the estimation process. The determination of porosity and fluid saturations can be greatly simplified if the relaxation times of the reference standard and the relaxation times of the fluid are closely matched. Gel concentration of paramagnetic impurities in the form of copper ions is used to control the longitudinal relaxation properties. The relaxation properties of agarose gels, as a function of agarose and paramagnetic impurity concentrations, have been measured at 2.0 T. The data are well fitted by a simple polynomial in agarose concentration and paramagnetic impurity concentration. Finally, a one-dimensional imaging example of use of agarose gels as reference phantoms is discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0730-725X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
717-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
The use of agarose gels for quantitative determination of fluid saturations in porous media.
pubmed:affiliation
Engineering Imaging Laboratory, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, College Station 77843-3140.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article